Help with myEmulators skin for StreamedMP (1 Viewer)

[hulkhaugen]

about <visible>!Control.IsVisible(1232)</visible> i have noe idea, i just started editing the blue3wide. I don't see any need to put the rom-title there since it's already in the list and on top of the info section. There's also a cover of the game, so i think it should be pretty obvious that it's "Rise of Nations" that is selected in this example.

And when we're on it, is there a way have to options for the layout depending of the scale of the coverart. A SNES or N64 cover won't look good if it's scaled to a dvd-cover size...

 

[explodedk]

hey hulk...

i just installed my emulators and your xml... but i get no description of my snes games and no cover nor rating... do i have to do something ?

i never played around with my emulator..

 

[hulkhaugen]

Well, unfortunatley there's no automatic function for this, so you'll have to do it yourself. I think it's possible with MAME though, never tried it. Also the covers has to be put in a specific folder, i think it's "c:\programdata\team medaiportal\thumbs\myemulators\roms\Super Mario Bros 3.jpg" or something like that.

I've never played with the xml-function to get it automatic, and i don't know how well it works. But i don't collect alle the games there is either, just the ones i might actually play and remember from my childhood... Se in the My Emulators part of the forum, guess you'll find more there than i know...

 

[RoXoR]

Hi hulkhaugen, where do I have to save the backdrops? (I'm using your .xml) - Or do you even have a more up to date .xml?

btw: I only play pc-games - no emus...

 

[etagure]

Hi Hulkhaugen, can you help me...
i replaced orig. with yours myemulators.xml , and got this

Put 2 pictures with same name (Tomb Raider Aniversary.png and Prince of persia.png) in folder media/animations/emulator, but can not got fanart for selected game, also put 2 picture of coverart in aplication data/...../myemulators but can`t got coverart when select game...
Where i`m wrong...please help....
Thank you

 

[RoXoR]

Hi Hulkhaugen, can you help me...
i replaced orig. with yours myemulators.xml , and got this

Put 2 pictures with same name (Tomb Raider Aniversary.png and Prince of persia.png) in folder media/animations/emulator, but can not got fanart for selected game, also put 2 picture of coverart in aplication data/...../myemulators but can`t got coverart when select game...
Where i`m wrong...please help....
Thank you

e.g.

D:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\thumbs\myEmulators\games\PC Games\Tomb Raider Aniversary.png

but as already mentioned, I need also help with the backdrops...

 

[hulkhaugen]

as i can remember, the basic home menu generator tells you to use a folder named emultor, but it should be emultors (Or wqas it the other way around? Just locate that current fanart background you're using, should be in the same folder, think it's under skins\streamdmp\animations\emulators or something...

just a little tip about the .xml, remove this part from it

    <control>
      <description>Current Emulator Title Background</description>
      <type>image</type>
      <id>0</id>
      <posX>270</posX>
      <posY>11</posY>
      <width>437</width>
      <height>35</height>
      <visible>!Control.IsVisible(1232)</visible>
      <texture>tvtitlebg.png</texture>
    </control>

    <control>
      <type>fadelabel</type>
      <description>Current Emulator Title</description>
      <id>0</id>
      <posX>661</posX>
      <posY>13</posY>
      <width>350</width>
      <font>mediastream12c</font>
      <align>right</align>
      <visible>yes</visible>
      <label>#currentmodule</label>
    </control>

hope that helps...

 

[RoXoR]

Thanks for your answer. Does this mean that I can only use one backdrop for all games? (or varied after few secs)

 

[hulkhaugen]

well, afaik you can't hva fanart based on which emulator you're using, just casual fanart for the whole myemulators...

 

[thagerty]

Actually i think this would work for you....

<control>
      <description>FanArt Background</description>
      <type>image</type>
      <id>0</id>
      <posX>0</posX>
      <posY>0</posY>
      <width>1280</width>
      <height>720</height>
      <texture>emulator\#selecteditem.jpg</texture>
      <visible>!Control.IsVisible(1232)</visible>
    </control>

I used something similar in my PC games myEmulator for screenshots...

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...overart-screenshots-working-58372/#post407968

but it can work for fanart backdrops... i've tried it!

The #selecteditem.jpg is what you needed. Just have your fanart pics name match your game exactly!